2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

كأس العالم لكرة القدم الشاطئية 2009
The official logo of the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	16–22 November 2009
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 [1] (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (13th title)
Runners-up	Switzerland
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	284 (8.88 per match)
Attendance	97,500 (3,047 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dejan Stankovic (16 goals)
Best player	Dejan Stankovic
Best goalkeeper	Mao
Fair play award	Japan  Russia

The 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA.^[2] Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships.^[3] Overall, this was the fifteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1995.^[4] It took place in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the second tournament to take place outside Brazil and the last tournament to take place on an annual basis, between 16 November and 22 November 2009.^[1] The winners of the tournament were Brazil, who won their fourth consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their thirteenth title overall.

Qualifying Rounds

African Zone

The qualifiers to determine the two African nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the fourth year running between 1 July and 5 July. Nine nations took part in the competition, which eventually saw Nigeria claim their second title, qualifying for the first time since 2007, with the Ivory Coast finishing in second place, qualifying for the first time.

Asian Zone

The Asian qualifiers were held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, from 7 to 11 November. With only seven teams attending the qualifiers, the United Arab Emirates stepped in as the eighth side to even the two groups in the group stage. Japan qualified for the fourth time after beating Bahrain in the final of the championship, who qualified for their second World Cup.

European Zone

UEFA held the second European tournament dedicated to World Cup qualification in Castellón, Spain, between, 7 June and 14 June. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Russia finishing second. Switzerland beat Portugal in the third place play off, but regardless of the result, both teams qualified to the World Cup, along with the finalists. Italy beat France in the fifth place play off to qualify as the fifth European nation.

North, Central American and Caribbean Zone

The North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone qualifiers took place between 17 June and 21 June, after being postponed in May due to the 2009 swine flu outbreak, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the second year running. El Salvador and Costa Rica were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup; El Salvador for the second time and Costa Rica for the first. El Salvador defeated Costa Rica in the final to win their first title.

Oceanian Zone

The qualifiers to decide the one nation from Oceania that would be competing in the World Cup took place in Moorea, Tahiti, between 27 July and 31 July. Despite Vanuatu winning the group stage, they lost in the final to the Solomon Islands, who claimed their third title and qualification for a fourth year in a row.

South American Zone

The South American qualifiers took place between 11 March and 15 March, in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Brazil and hosts Uruguay were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Uruguay in the final to win the title. Argentina and Ecuador were knocked out in the semi finals and played each other in the third place play off. Argentina beat Ecuador to claim the third berth at the World Cup.

Host

United Arab Emirates qualified automatically as the hosts.

Teams

These are the teams that qualified for the world cup:

Asian zone:  Bahrain  Japan African zone:  Nigeria  Ivory Coast European zone:  Spain  Russia   Switzerland  Portugal  Italy

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:  El Salvador  Costa Rica Oceanian zone:  Solomon Islands South American zone:  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina Host nation:  United Arab Emirates (Asia)[5]

Players

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Venues

Two venues were used in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates at Jumeirah Beach during the World Cup with matches split between them as follows.^[7]

Dubai (1)	Dubai 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (United Arab Emirates)			Dubai (2)
Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch)				Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2)
25°21′N 55°25′E / 25.350°N 55.417°E				25°21′N 55°25′E / 25.350°N 55.417°E
Capacity: 5,700				Capacity: 1,200

Groups

The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

All matches are listed as local time in Dubai, (UTC+4)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4	6
Portugal	3	2	0	1	14	8	+6	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	12	12	0	3
Solomon Islands	3	1	0	2	9	19	-10	3

• Uruguay and Portugal are ranked based on their head-to-head result.

Uruguay  v  Solomon Islands

16 November 2009 13:30

Uruguay	6 – 7	Solomon Islands
Ricar  3',  32' Martin  10',  29' Pampero  29' Fabian  31'	Report	6',  15',  15' Laua  8' Hosea  9' Makaa  11' Wale  22' Omo

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2) Attendance: 150 Referee: Fabio Polito

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United Arab Emirates  v  Portugal

16 November 2009 19:30

United Arab Emirates	5 – 7	Portugal
Al Mesaabi  1' Sadeqi  6' Alabadla  8' K. Albalooshi  25' I. Albalooshi  28'	Report	20' Ze Maria  24' Belchior  27',  31',  33' Madjer  27' Alan  28' Bilro

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Serdar Akcer

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Portugal  v  Uruguay

17 November 2009 15:00

Portugal	1 – 2	Uruguay
Belchior  18'	Report	7',  35' Coco

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 900 Referee: Tasuku Onodera

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Solomon Islands  v  United Arab Emirates

17 November 2009 19:30

Solomon Islands	1 – 7	United Arab Emirates
Hale  1'	Report	1',  6' K. Albalooshi  13' I. Albalooshi  22' Alabadla  24' Al Mesaabi  30' Sadeqi  31' Ranjbar

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Sylvain Palhies

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Portugal  v  Solomon Islands

18 November 2009 16:30

Portugal	6 – 1	Solomon Islands
Madjer  1',  6' Ze Maria  10' Belchior  29',  32' Bruno Novo  36'	Report	12' Hosea

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Afgan Hamzayev

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United Arab Emirates  v  Uruguay

18 November 2009 19:30

United Arab Emirates	0 – 4	Uruguay
	Report	2',  34' Ricar  10' Pampero  28' Martin

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Alexander Berezkin

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	15	9	+6	8
Spain	3	2	0	1	21	14	+7	6
Ivory Coast	3	1	0	2	15	18	-3	3
El Salvador	3	0	0	3	11	21	-10	0

Ivory Coast  v  El Salvador

16 November 2009 15:00

Ivory Coast	7 – 6	El Salvador
Enounou  1',  21',  26',  27',  36' Daniel  12' Aka  23'	Report	7',  29' Hernandez  7' Ruiz  8' Torres  11',  11' Velasquez

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2) Attendance: 100 Referee: Istvan Meszaros

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Spain  v  Japan

16 November 2009 18:00

Spain	5 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Oda  7' (o.g.) Juanma  18' Javier Torres  22' Nico  24' Wayo  39'	Report	14' Toma  15',  26' Tabata  16' Higa  38' Oda
	Penalties
Nico Juanma Kuman	2 – 3	Yamauchi Makino Higa

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Javier Bentancor

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Japan  v  Ivory Coast

17 November 2009 13:30

Japan	3 – 2	Ivory Coast
Makino  11' Toma  26' Tabata  32'	Report	10' Aka  17' Ouattara

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2) Attendance: 200 Referee: Sergejus Slyva

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El Salvador  v  Spain

17 November 2009 16:30

El Salvador	3 – 7	Spain
Ruiz  7',  14' Garay  22'	Report	7' Amarelle  14',  31' J.Torres  15' Nico  22' C.Torres  26' Wayo  34' Millos

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 1 500 Referee: Juan Rodríguez

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Spain  v  Ivory Coast

18 November 2009 13:30

Spain	9 – 6	Ivory Coast
Wayo  3' Amarelle  11',  14' Kuman  17' Juanma  17',  28' C.Torres  19' Coulibaly  25' (o.g.) Nico  28'	Report	4',  25' Kabletchi  10' Diomande  10',  17',  36' Enounou

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 600 Referee: Rene de la Rosa

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Japan  v  El Salvador

18 November 2009 13:30

Japan	7 – 2	El Salvador
Kawaharazuka  4' Toma  6' Maezono  7',  13' Makino  8' Oda  22' Tabata  27'	Report	22' Hernandez  36' Torres

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2) Attendance: 350 Referee: Abbas Alshammari

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	5
Argentina	3	1	1	1	11	6	+5	5
Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	0

• Italy and Argentina are ranked based on their head-to-head result.^[8]

Argentina  v  Italy

16 November 2009 15:00

Argentina	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Italy
E. Hilaire  15' S. Hilaire  20'	Report	19' Palmacci  25' Pasquali  37' Carotenuto

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Faisal Sallam

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Russia  v  Costa Rica

16 November 2009 16:30

Russia	5 – 1	Costa Rica
Krasheninnikov  6' Shkarin  10' Leonov  13' Shishin  17' Shakhmelyan  18'	Report	29' Cameron

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Rene de la Rosa

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Costa Rica  v  Argentina

17 November 2009 13:30

Costa Rica	0 – 6	Argentina
	Report	14',  28' F. Hilaire  15' E. Hilaire  19',  36' Dallera  30' Minici

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 550 Referee: Abbas Alshammari

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Italy  v  Russia

17 November 2009 18:00

Italy	1 – 3	Russia
Palmacci  2'	Report	25' Leonov  28' Shkarin  28' Krasheninnikov

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 3 000 Referee: Ruben Eiriz

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Costa Rica  v  Italy

18 November 2009 15:00

Costa Rica	1 – 3	Italy
Sterling  9'	Report	8' Feudi  10' Carotenuto  35' Palmacci

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2) Attendance: 200 Referee: Istvan Meszaros

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Russia  v  Argentina

18 November 2009 15:00

Russia	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Shaykov  3',  13' Shakhmelyan  5'	Report	3' Franceschini  26',  36' F. Hilaire
	Penalties
Leonov Shishin Shkarin Makarov	3 – 4	E. Hilaire Leguizamon Galvan Minici

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Serdar Akcer

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	23	8	+15	9
Switzerland	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4	6
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	16	21	–5	3
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	9	23	–14	0

Switzerland   v  Bahrain

16 November 2009 13:30

Switzerland	6 – 5	Bahrain
Stanković  7',  32' Schirinzi  11' Spaccarotella  12',  35' Jäggy  34'	Report	2',  16',  34' Salem  17' Abdulla  27' Mubarak

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 2 000 Referee: Erick Chavarria

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Brazil  v  Nigeria

16 November 2009 21:00

Brazil	11 – 5	Nigeria
Sidney  1',  23' Bueno  2' Benjamin  7' André  9' Daniel  12',  26' Bruno  15',  26',  27' Betinho  28'	Report	1',  30' Olawale  5',  30' Tale  35' Ibenegbu

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 2 500 Referee: Petro Ivanov

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Nigeria  v   Switzerland

17 November 2009 15:00

Nigeria	2 – 7	Switzerland
Olawale  14' Abu  17'	Report	1' Spaccarotella  1',  7',  14',  16' Stanković  3',  7'Jaeggy

Jumeirah Beach (Pitch 2) Attendance: 350 Referee: Rene de la Rosa

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Bahrain  v  Brazil

17 November 2009 21:00

Bahrain	1 – 8	Brazil
Almughawi  36'	Report	1',  3',  4',  29'Buru  10' Bruno  22' Daniel Souza  31' Andre  36' Daniel

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 4 000 Referee: Alexander Berezkin

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Nigeria  v  Bahrain

18 November 2009 18:00

Nigeria	9 – 3	Bahrain
Ezimorah  4' Tale  8' Agu  8',  9' Ibenegbu  12',  21' Abu  16' Usman  30' Okemmiri  34'	Report	6',  35' Salem  22' Aldoseri

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 3 500 Referee: Geng Zhiwei

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Brazil  v   Switzerland

18 November 2009 21:00

Brazil	4 – 2	Switzerland
Benjamin  10',  31' Andre  29' Bruno  35'	Report	1',  26' Stanković

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Faisal Sallam

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	20 November 2009
	Uruguay	3
					21 November 2009
	Spain	2
					Uruguay	4
	20 November 2009
					Switzerland	7
	Russia	2
									22 November 2009
	Switzerland	4
									Switzerland	5
	20 November 2009
									Brazil	10
	Japan	1
					21 November 2009
	Portugal	2
					Portugal	2			Third place
	20 November 2009
					Brazil	8
	Brazil	6							Uruguay	7
	Italy	4							Portugal	14
									22 November 2009

Quarter finals

Japan  v  Portugal

20 November 2009 16:30

Japan	1 – 2	Portugal
Uehara  26'	Report	17' Madjer  36' Belchior

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Javier Bentancor

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Russia  v   Switzerland

20 November 2009 18:00

Russia	2 – 4	Switzerland
Makarov  13' Shishin  23'	Report	4',  13',  24' Stanković  33' Meier

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Ivo De Moraes

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Brazil  v  Italy

20 November 2009 19:30

Brazil	6 – 4	Italy
Sidney  6' André  11',  17',  31' Bruno  25' Buru  36'	Report	17',  26',  26',  31' Pasquali

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Ruben Eiriz

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Uruguay  v  Spain

20 November 2009 21:00

Uruguay	3 – 2 (a.e.t)	Spain
Martin  18' Ricar  27',  37'	Report	Amarelle  28' C.Torres  32'

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Tasuku Onodera

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Semi-finals

Portugal  v  Brazil

21 November 2009 19:30

Portugal	2 – 8	Brazil
Bilro  13' Alan  34'	Report	6' Sidney  8' Benjamin  12',  12' Bruno  19' Daniel  24' Betinho  26' Buru  34' Daniel Souza

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Tasuku Onodera

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Switzerland   v  Uruguay

21 November 2009 21:00

Switzerland	7 – 4	Uruguay
Stanković  3',  12',  26',  29' Spaccarotella  20' Leu  30' Rodrigues  36'	Report	24',  31' Martin  27' Coco  36' Matias

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 5 000 Referee: Sergejus Slyva

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Third Place Play-off

 Portugal v  Uruguay

22 November 2009 19:30

Portugal	14 – 7	Uruguay
Torres  3',  5',  26' Madjer  6',  13',  22',  24',  30',  36',  36' Jose Maria  11',  21' Miguel  16' (o.g.) Coimbra  20'	Report	6' Coco  13' Pampero  18' Matias  22' (o.g.) Alan  24' Ricar  26' Fabian  32' Oli

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Faisal Sallam

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Final

 Brazil v   Switzerland

22 November 2009 21:00

Brazil	10 – 5	Switzerland
André  6',  23' Betinho  8',  23' Buru  8',  15' Daniel  12' Benjamin  18' Sidney  31' Bueno  36'	Report	9' Jaeggy  30' Meier  31' Rodrigues  34' Schirinzi  36' Stanković

Jumeirah Beach (Main Pitch) Attendance: 6 000 Referee: Ruben Eiriz

Winners

2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil Fourth (13th overall) title

Awards

Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
Dejan Stankovic	Madjer	Benjamin
Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
Dejan Stankovic	Madjer	Buru
16 goals	13 goals	8 goals
Golden Glove
Mao
FIFA Fair Play Award
Japan  Russia

Top scorers

16 goals Dejan Stankovic 13 goals Madjer 8 goals Ludovic Ehounou André Buru 7 goals Ricar 6 goals Bruno 5 goals Rashed Salem Benjamin Daniel Sidney Belchior Roberto Pasquali 4 goals Federico Hilaire Betinho Teruki Tabata Ze Maria Amarelle Moritz Jäggy Sandro Spaccarotella Martin

3 goals Bartholomew Ibenegbu Tomas Hernandez Agustin Ruiz Paolo Palmacci Masahito Toma Isiaka Olawale Victor Tale Torres Robert Laua Christian Torres Javier Torres Juanma Nico Wayo Karim Albalooshi Pampero 2 goals Augustin Dallera Ezequiel Hilaire Bueno Daniel Souza Frederic Aka Didier Kabletchi Walter Torres Frank Velasquez Pasquale Carotenuto Masakiyo Maezono Shinji Makino Hirofumi Oda Azeez Abu

2 goals (cont.) Gabriel Agu Victor Tale Alan Bilro Ze Maria Yury Krasheninnikov Ilya Leonov Rustam Shakhmelyan Dmitry Shishin Anton Shkarin Igor Shaykov Gibson Hosea Christian Torres Stephan Maier Michael Rodrigues Angelo Schirinzi Coco Fabian Matias Bakhit Alabadla Ibrahim Albalooshi Rami Al Mesaabi Qambar Sadeqi 32 others scored 1 goal each Own goal Coulibaly (For Spain) Hirofumi Oda (For Spain) Alan (For Uruguay) Miguel (For Portugal)

Final standings

Position	Team
1	Brazil
2	Switzerland
3	Portugal
4	Uruguay
5	Japan
6	Spain
7	Russia
8	Italy
9	Argentina
10	United Arab Emirates
11	Ivory Coast
12	Nigeria
13	Solomon Islands
14	El Salvador
15	Costa Rica
16	Bahrain

References

1. "Beach Soccer World Cup - Overview". Rsssf.com. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
2. "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009". Rsssf.com. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
3. "FIFA.com - Tournaments". Fifa.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
4. "FIFA.com - History". Fifa.com. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
5. [email protected]. "Dubai to host FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". Easier.com. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
7. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/01/15/65/28/reportstatisticsfbswc09inhalt-web.pdf
8. FIFA. "Regulations FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009". fifa.com. Retrieved 2009-11-18.

External links

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009, FIFA.com
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009, Beach Soccer Worldwide
• FIFA Technical Report